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Audit: Company behind Texas "clean coal" project used federal funds for liquor, limousines and lobbying

The U.S. Department of Energy's inspector general says that a now-bankrupt company behind a defunct West Texas "clean coal" power plant spent more than $1.3 million in federal stimulus funds on things like spa service, alcohol, first-class travel and limousine services.

By KIAH COLLIER, The Texas Tribune
Posted 2/23/18

A now-bankrupt company that received a major federal stimulus grant to build a “clean coal” power plant in West Texas spent millions of taxpayer dollars on alcohol, lobbying, …

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